Female (on left) and male (on right). Tough one. Good luck. Check back for a hint in a few days if no one nails it.
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Rich Glor
Good one. I can’t resist saying that I know what species this is, but I’m going to keep my answer to myself until others have had a chance to weigh in.
Kanishka Ukuwela
This looks so much like the Agamid Sitana ponticeriana in India and Sri Lanka!!
gabriel gartner
My vote is Sitana 100%
Luke Mahler
onca!!
???
Yoel Stuart
That’s a good guess, given the (lack of) toepad shape. I second it.
Wes Chun
Only four toes on the hind feet. I agree with Kanishka.
Uwe Bartelt
nothing is easy 🙂
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J James
Very cool find!
J James
Over-thinking here, Doc was recently way down south, so looked there and closest dorsal pattern I could find was A. lemurinus, but the solid white fan dewlap on the male didn’t seem to fit. A. onca same isue? I think Kanishka may have nailed it. (I understand that white fan turns spectacular when the mating game is on.)
Luke Mahler
Yeah, I’m thinking I was fooled. The dewlap doesn’t look like onca’s, not to mention the toes. I’m now noticing that the title “what species is it?” conspicuously doesn’t have any mention of anoles!!